Published On : Wed, May 29th, 2019

SC dismisses Karti Chidambaram’s plea seeking return of Rs 10 crore

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The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea of Congress lawmaker Karti Chidambaram seeking a return of Rs 10 crore which he had deposited with the courts registry for travelling abroad.

A vacation bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Aniruddha Bose rejected Kartis plea and said, Pay attention to your constituency.

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In the Lok Sabha elections, Karti Chidambaram won the Sivaganga seat in Tamil Nadu by over 3 lakh votes. He defeated Bharatiya Janata Party national general secretary H Raja.

In his plea, Karti Chidambarams sought the refund claiming he had taken the money on loan and was paying interest on it.

Son of senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, Karti Chidambaram is facing probe in the INX Media and the Aircel Maxis cases. A bench of the top court had allowed him to travel abroad but with a condition of depositing the said amount.

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